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March 2010

12	ACA Statement On Program Access Ruling By U.S. Court Of Appeals For The D.C. Circuit
11	Colleen Abdoulah, President & CEO Of WOW!, Warns That Comcast-NBC Universal Will Have Power To Harm Consumers, Competition
10	ACA Joins Large Coalition Seeking FCC Reform Of Retransmission Consent
7	ACA Statement On Disney Pulling Its ABC Signal From 3 Million Cablevision Customers
4	Statement Of ACA President and CEO Matthew M. Polka On Sen. Kerry's Letter To FCC Chairman Urging Retransmission Consent Reform
2	FCC National Broadband Plan Executive Director Blair Levin To Address ACA's 17th Annual Summit

February 2010

22	In Seattle Times Column, ACA Chairman Steve Friedman Says Cash Demands Of TV Stations Are Increasing Monthly Cable Bills
10	ACA Opens ACA Summit 2010 Web Site For Event Details, Registration
9	ACA Praises FCC For Granting More Set-Top Box Waivers
4	Colleen Abdoulah, President & CEO Of WOW!, Warns Congress That Comcast-NBC Universal Deal Harms Consumers, Competition
2	ACA: New Broadband Stimulus Loan/Grant Rules From NTIA And RUS Further Disadvantage Small Cable Providers

January 2010

28	ACA Statement On Comcast-NBC Universal's Merger Filing At The FCC
25	American Cable Association Statement On The Passing Of Former FCC Commissioner James H. Quello
15	ACA Proposes Net Neutrality Regime That Protects Consumers, Promotes Country's Digital Future
8	ACA Urges FCC To Reform USF While Keeping Special Needs Of Small Voice Providers In Mind
7	ACA, Diverse Partners Urge Regulators To Impose Conditions On Comcast-NBC Universal Deal

December 2009

23	ACA Calls on the FCC to Give Relief to Small Operators as Part of Its Set-Top Box Proceeding
17	ACA Statement On $9.5 Million RUS Grant to Pine Telephone Co.
10	ACA Statement On Time Warner Cable's Ex Parte Filing At The FCC Regarding Retransmission Consent
8	ACA Unveils An Innovative Plan To Reform, Modernize The Universal Service Fund, Saving Billions Of Dollars
3	ACA Urges Regulators To Scrutinize The Comcast-NBCU Transaction To Protect Consumers From Price Gouging, Limitations On Choice

November 2009

30	ACA Supports Time Warner Cable's "Get Tough" Campaign On Rising Programming Costs
30	Statement Of ACA President and CEO Matthew M. Polka On The Passing Of Cable Pioneer Bill Bresnan
19	ACA Calls On The FCC To Probe TV Local Marketing Agreements (LMAs)
17	ACA Statement On House Small Business Committee Letter to NTIA, RUS On Broadband Stimulus Program

October 2009

28	Cable One President And CEO Tom Might Accepts President's Award From ACC At Denver Banquet
26	ACA To FCC: Ensuring Unfettered Consumer Access To Internet Content Means Restricting Closed Internet Models Like ESPN360
22	Sunflower Broadband COO and ACA Board Member Patrick Knorr Calls On Congress To Curb Media Conglomerates
9	ACA Praises ACA Member WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone On Winning Prestigious J.D. Power Award
8	ACA Applauds House Members For Addressing Small Operators' Concerns About Bill On Loudness Of TV Ads
7	ACA's Polka Requests Parity Between DBS And Cable If New Broadcast Carriage Rules Emerge
6	ACA Salutes Cable ONE President and CEO Tom Might on Receiving President's Award from the Association of Cable Communicators

September 2009

28	ACA Urges FCC To Reject Power Companies' Bid To Hike Pole Attachment Fees
21	ACA Urges FCC To Examine Content Neutrality
18	ACA Applauds The NAB For Selecting Sen. Gordon Smith As Its New President and CEO
17	ACA Members Seek $1.3 Billion In Broadband Stimulus Funding
16	ACA Comments On Passage of Satellite Legislation In House Judiciary Committee
8	ACA Agrees With Hassett, Shapiro That Consumption-Based Billing Promotes Universal Broadband
1	ACA To FCC - Stop the Broadcasters and Media Conglomerates’ Abuse Of Small Ops

August 2009

28	PROJECT WRONGWAY: ACA Warns That A&E's Takeover Of Lifetime Will Produce Higher Cable Rates and Less Channel Choice
25	ACA Applauds FCC Decision To Grant More Digital Set-Top Box Waivers

July 2009

30	ACA Members Express Strong Interest In Obama Administration's Broadband Stimulus Program
30	With Evidence of Market Failure All Around, ACA Calls For A Retransmission Consent Investigation By The FCC
29	ACA Announces Recipients of Two Prestigious Awards And Board Election Results
27	ACA Chairman Steve Friedman Outlines Policy Vision For Small Cable
27	Small Cable Concerned Content Providers Will Block Consumer Access To Web Sites
22	ACA Urges FCC To Take Active Role In Funding Middle-Mile Broadband Required To Service Small Cable Providers
21	ACA Commends FCC Commissioner McDowell On Regulatory Fee Reform
14	ACA Applauds House Introduction Of Local Television Freedom Act
7	ACA Lauds Adelstein On RUS Plan For Awarding Broadband Billions
6	SNL Kagan Projects More Than Twofold Increase In Retransmission Consent Revenue
1	ACA Praises Obama Administration For Affirming Vital Need For Funding Middle-Mile Projects With Broadband Stimulus Money

June 2009

30	ACA Statement On Certain Public Interest Groups’ Petition To Overturn The FCC’s Evolution Broadband Set Top Box Waiver
25	ACA Comment On FCC Nomination of Meredith Attwell Baker
17	ACA Statement On The Introduction Of The Broadband Internet Fairness Act
16	ACA Criticizes Influential Wall Street Analyst On Broadband Pricing
15	ACA Comments On FCC Ruling To Free News Corp.
15	ACA Statement On The Passing Of NATOA Executive Director Libby Beaty
13	ACA Members, Customers Were Ready For The DTV Transition
11	ACA Members And Their Customers Are Ready For The DTV Transition
9	ACA Calls On FCC To Protect Low-Cost Broadband Packages
5	ACA Asks FCC To Freeze Small Cable's Regulatory Fees
3	ACA Congratulates Commissioner McDowell On FCC Nomination
2	ACA Applauds FCC For Issuing Set-Top Box Waivers

May 2009

28	ACA Salutes FCC For Issuing HD Set-Top Box Waiver To Small Cable System
21	ACA Survey Confirms 271% Rise In 2009 Retransmission Consent
7	First Quarter Results Affirm TV Stations' Pricing Power Over Small Cable

April 2009

29	ACA’s Summit Attendance Tops Last Year as Independent Cable Operators Share Their Perspectives with Congress
28	ACA CEOs Focus On Change In Washington, D.C.
28	ACA Leaders Say Small Cable Will Make Best Use Of $7.2 Billion Stimulus
14	ACA Makes Key Broadband Funding Policy Recommendations to RUS, NTIA & FCC
3	ACA President and CEO Matthew M. Polka to Appear on C-SPAN'S "The Communicators"

March 2009

27	ACA Applauds Strickling Nomination as NTIA Leader
26	ACA: Small, Mid-Sized Cable Operators are Key to Rural Broadband Strategy
20	ACA Congratulates Jonathan Adelstein on RUS Administrator Nomination
16	ACA Urges FCC To Modify Industry Survey Rules for Small Cable
10	Statement of ACA President/CEO Matt Polka on NTIA, RUS, FCC Joint Forum On Allocating $7.2 billion In Broadband Grants and Loans
3	Seven ACA Members Named Cable Television Pioneers
3	Statement of ACA President/CEO Matthew M. Polka on the Appointment of Julius Genachowski as Chairman of the FCC
2	ACA Names Ted Hearn VP of Communications

February 2009

23	FCC Offers Short Extension as Form 477 Reporting Deadline Nears
18	“70/70” Reporting Places Significant Burdens on Smaller Systems
17	Stimulus Grants to Help Connect Main Street America
11	ACA Requests Short Extension Following OMB and FCC Delays
9	Independent Cable Holds the Answer to Broadband Divide

January 2009

23	Commissioner Copps to Assume FCC Chair in the Interim
22	ACA’s 16th Annual Summit Seeks to Give D.C. Policymakers a Different Perspective
13	Genachowski Selected to Lead Federal Communications Commission
8	Congressman Boucher to Head Critical Communications Subcommittee

December 2008

31	ACA Demands Viacom Pull Alarming Inaccurate Crawl Immediately
16	New ARMIS Reporting Rules Would Place Needless Burden on Small Operators
2	Broadband Coalition Calls for National Broadband Strategy
1	ACA Supports Waiver for Low Cost HD Boxes

November 2008

25	Rural Operators Counter News Corp.’s Relief Request
14	Broadcast Carriage Disputes Threaten Digital Television Transition
11	FCC Chairman To Open Up Quiet Period For Comment

October 2008

29	ACA Calls for Level Playing Field with FCC Regulatory Fees
28	Market Abuse Evidence Mounting as FCC Considers New Wholesale Programming Rules
17	ACA Calls on Commission to Restore Balance to Retrans Market
14	Low-Power TV Mandate Left Off the FCC Agenda
13	Abdoulah Joins ACA’s Board
9	Uptick in DTV Coupon Requests Occurring in Markets with Station Blackouts says NTIA

September 2008

25	Retransmission Consent Complaints Demonstrate Continuing Broadcaster Abuse Of Independent Cable Operators And Consumers
18	Broadcasters Again Tout Dramatic Rise in Retransmission Consent Revenue
16	ACA Opposes Changes in Copyright Royalties for Digital Signals
16	Prompt Adoption of Retransmission Consent "Quiet Period" Needed to Protect Consumers, ACA Says
16	American Cable Association Ratifies Major Digital Carriage Agreement With Public Television
4	ACA Commends FCC Adoption of Digital Must Carry Exemption

August 2008

12	American Cable Association Responds to NAB Retransmission Consent "Quiet Period" Proposal

July 2008

30	Independent Cable Show Wraps Up Third Annual Conference
29	Independent Cable Operators Talk Transition at Annual Meeting
28	2008 is a Year of Progress and Potential for ACA and Independent Cable Industry
21	ACA to FCC: Independent Cable Plays Vital Role in Delivering Broadband to Rural Communities
14	Independent Cable Operators Unite to Address Issues of Cost, Choice, and Customer Service
10	FCC Leased Access Reporting Requirement Struck Down By OMB
8	Quiet Period for Retransmission Consent Needed During Digital Transition
8	Too Little Relief for Too Little Operators

June 2008

30	FCC's DTV Consumer Education Initiative Should Include Reasonable Exemption
23	FCC Finds Verizon Retention Practices Illegal
12	Retransmission Consent Practices Cut Off Communities From Local Weather News
9	ACA Alerts Congress that Upcoming Retransmission Consent Negotiations Could Cause Consumer Confusion Surrounding DTV Transition
5	Independent Cable Operators and Independent Programmers Team Up to Fight Against Program Tying

May 2008

30	ACA Urges FCC to Limit Regulatory Fee Red Tape for Smallest Operators
28	New Leased Access Reporting Requirements for Small Operators Draws Objection of American Cable Association
19	Market Abuse Disrupts Television Service in Rural Upstate New York, Draws Attention of Independent Cable and FCC
16	Independent Cable Operators Question News Corp.'s Suffering Claims at FCC Amidst 'Big Gains'
15	Farm Bill Refocuses Attention and Funding on Broadband Deployment to Unserved Communities
7	Independent Cable Urges House Small Business Committee to Ensure Service for Customers
1	Letter to FCC on Verizon Customer Retention Practices
1	News Corp. Blatantly Manipulating Commission Process

April 2008

22	Higher Fees for Cable Broadband Will Slow Deployment
16	Verizon Continues to Operate in Gray Area of Customer Information Use Rules-- For Now
10	The Voices of Independent Cable Operators and their Customers Resonate in Washington
9	Congressman Doyle Stresses Importance of Independent Cable's Role in Universal Broadband Strategy and DTV Transition
8	FCC Chairman to Push for Digital Must Carry Relief for Small Cable Systems
7	ACA Celebrates 15 Years of Fighting for Independent Cable
7	Independent Cable Calls Foul on Broadcaster Abuse of Market Power
7	American Cable Association Appoints Bruce Beard to Board of Directors
3	ACA Tells News Corp. a Deal's a Deal

March 2008

20	FCC Extends Digital Carriage Deadline for Satellite TV; Small & Independent Cable Must Be Next
17	Small Cable Presses Need for DTV Relief
17	Harm of Retransmission Consent Topic of Discussion at Cable Show
5	Small Cable Operators Need DTV Exemptions
5	ACA Statement on Competition in the Sports Programming Marketplace
4	Martin Brophy and Kirby Campbell Join ACA's Executive Committee

February 2008

26	ACA Comments on Liberty Media / DirecTV Merger
19	Independent Cable Rallies to Fight Discrimination at Hands of Broadcasters and Programmers
14	Congressman Mike Doyle to Address ACA Members
12	Smaller, Independent Cable to FCC: Put Consumers First
8	American Cable Association Celebrates Fifteen Years Fighting for Independent Cable
7	Cable Dual-Carriage Requirements Will Hurt Consumers

January 2008

16	Steve Friedman Appointed Vice Chair of the American Cable Association
4	Smaller Cable Operators Focus on More Choices for Consumers in FCC Filing

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